A middle-aged Iowa resident who recently traveled to West Africa has died from Lassa fever, state health officials ...

Recently, an eastern Iowa resident in the United States who had travelled to West Africa died after contracting Lassa fever, ...

Lassa fever is primarily spread by rats found in West Africa, the CDC says. An Iowa resident has died after contracting a suspected case of Lassa fever, health officials said. The patient was ...

Lassa fever is an illness caused by a virus that spreads to people through contact with infected rodents commonly found in West Africa, according to the CDC. Multimammate rats, one of the common ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident has died from Lassa fever, according to an alert from the Iowa Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). The person, whose name and age were not shared, had recently ...

A WOMAN has died of Lassa fever, an Ebola-like disease also known as 'rat fever', prompting urgent contact tracing. The horrific virus can cause bleeding from the eyes, though 80 per cent of ...

Researchers are studying Lassa fever, a viral hemorrhagic disease endemic to several West African countries and transmitted by rodents (AFP via Getty Images) From reproductive rights to climate ...

The person is believed to be the ninth case in the U.S. of Lassa fever in more than half a century, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Lassa fever is often transmitted ...

IOWA, USA — Although rarely seen in the United States, concerns have emerged after an Iowa resident died earlier this month from a suspected case of Lassa fever. The CDC says Lassa fever is a ...

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services confirmed a “middle-aged eastern Iowa resident” died of Lassa fever. The individual had traveled to West Africa, where they likely contracted ...

An Iowa resident is believed to have died from Lassa fever, a rarely seen virus in the US that causes one in three cases to suffer permanent hearing loss and 95% of infected pregnant women to ...

A middle-aged Iowa resident who recently traveled to West Africa has died from Lassa fever, state health officials confirmed Monday. "I want to assure Iowans that the risk of transmission is ...